Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,245,680
Entries
872
Level
36
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
50,000
Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | |
|
303,900 | |
|
303,900 | |
|
290,900 | |
|
|
282,000 | |
|
276,900 | 900 |
|
265,900 | |
|
246,500 | |
|
|
245,000 | |
|
|
243,000 | |
|
235,100 | |
|
233,300 | |
|
224,900 | 47,900 |
|
|
215,400 | |
|
202,100 | 32,100 |
|
196,900 | |
|
|
194,900 | |
|
|
193,000 | |
|
|
190,900 | |
|
188,400 | 151,400 |
|
|
187,400 | |
|
186,300 | |
|
182,600 | |
|
172,400 | |
|
|
167,100 |
Day 1 Complete
The first day of play here in Hammond, Indiana for the WSOP Circuit Main Event is complete. A massive turnout of players came out to play and the final number reached 872. That crushes any Circuit Main Event in history and proves that the greater Chicago area is booming with poker enthusiasm.
Leading the way at the end of the day is Jim Kasputis from Rockford, Illinois. He wrapped up Day 1 with a whopping 360,000 chips. Allen Bari wrapped up with 235,100 as another big stack while pros Adam Levy, Bryan Devonshire, Matt Brady and Dean Hamrick are still alive as well. Kevin Calenzo has final tabled both of the WSOP Circuit Main Events this season and is still looming here. He'll join the field of 162 players returning for Day 2's action.
Day 2 begins at 1:00 p.m. local time on Friday and the plan is set to play from that number down to a final table (yeah right). We know that's a stretch, making this event look like it's going to turn out like many of them did over the summer at the WSOP when the final day returned with plenty more than a final table of players left. We'll see you back here on PokerNews tomorrow for all the action!
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Land Destroyed
John Land was just eliminated when his 
couldn't out-race the pocket fours for Adam Levy. The final board was 
and the money went in preflop.
Spades for Richey
A player raised in early position and then Brett Richey moved all in from the button. The big blind called all in and the original raiser folded his hand, leaving Richey's 
up against the pocket nines of the big blind.
The board ran out 
and Richey made a spade flush. He sent the big blind to the rail and scooped the pot, getting himself back to about 78,000 in chips.
"Finish the Hand You're On and Stop"
We've just started the level, but we're already stopping it.
Two players at Table 18 were involved in a pot as the break clock was ticking, and the rest of the field headed out of the room. The player in Seat 8 ended up winning that pot, and he too went to break. When the players returned to the table, the gentleman in Seat 7 found that his chips were missing. Seat 8 returned just a few seconds later, and the situation was explained to him.
"You won the last pot?" the floorman asked him. "You might have scooped up his stack in the process."
"I'm sorry. I don't know what to say," Seat 8 said, confused. The staff got on the horn with surveillance, and they're still working on resolving the issue. Play was paused for a couple minutes, but the cards have gone back in the air with a resolution still pending for Seat 7.
EDIT: After another minute, everyone at the table seemed to agree that Seat 7 had about 12,000 chips, and Seat 8 gave him that rebate so play could continue.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 500
A Rose By Any Other Name
Sam Rose has been after us all day to give him some coverage, but he has, unfortunately, not had much going until recently. Down to 7,400, we finally saw Rose involved in some action. The man to his right opened to 7,000, and Rose counted down his stack before deciding to just flat-call.
As the dealer was making the pot right, Rose started chatting. He was already standing up from his chair, and he asked us for a pen. "Here. I'm like Barry Greenstein," he said, pulling a non-descript square of white paper from his pocket. It was a voucher for a buffet comp. "I'm gonna sign this and give it to the guy who knocks me out!" Rose announced. He scrawled his John Hancock across the back, but it turns out he'd get to keep it after all.
The flop came 
, and the rest of the 400 chips went in. Rose held 
, and he had flopped good against the 
of his opponent. The turn 
and river 
didn't change anything, and Rose has found his double. Mark him down for 18,000.
Rose Hoping to Build Back from the Short Stack
Sam Rose AKA "Dot.com" was knocked all the way down to 5,500 when the average stack was about 65,000. Rose didn't give up though and made it a point to buckle down in order to try and make a comeback. Since then, he's built back up to 25,000, but he was just knocked back to 9,400 after this hand came up.
A player raised to 4,800 from the hijack seat and the button made the call before Rose called from the small blind. The big blind also called. The flop came down 
and action checked around to the button. He fired 10,000 and Rose made the call. He only had 9,400 left after the call and the other two players in the hand folded.
The turn brought the and Rose check-folded to a bet from the player on the button that would have put him at risk for his entire stack. Rose was left with only 9,400, but things could be worse, he could be out of here. Rose was on the short stack before and is on it again, meaning he only has to mount another comeback.
One of Rose's tablemates mentioned that Rose said if he wins this event, he's going to be donating a good amount of the money to charity. That's a nice gesture and we'll see if he can run it up to make it happen.